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Even today, Route 66 remains one of the ultimate American road trips.

Get your kicks with these 20 facts about Route 66, the iconic American road trip route otherwise known as the “Mother Road.”

It's actually less flashy than it looks.

Stainless steel rear doors are a pretty common sight on truck-heavy highways, but the surfaces are not all smooth.

It's technically possible to pump gas with your car engine on, but doing so creates hazardous conditions for yourself and those around you.

"The Wheels on the Bus" doesn't cover this.

Yellow school buses look extra eye-catching with black detailing, but the stripes aren’t just for design.

Bird droppings on cars are not only unsightly, they're actually little chemical attacks that can seriously damage the paint finish.

Carpeting in cars provides a real benefit.

They collect dirt, grime, snow, and assorted gunk. They stain. So why do car manufacturers insist on carpeting floors?

Rush hour on Paris's Avenue des Champs-Elysees.

If you think your city is the worst when it comes to gridlock, maybe you're right. Check out the 20 worst offenders of rush hour traffic.

As potholes go, this one is pretty photogenic.

Potholes are the bane of drivers everywhere. Unfortunately, not much can be done to prevent them from forming.

Chains hanging from service vehicles serve a purpose.

Like a cat on a perch, the chains on school buses and ambulances seem to dangle with no apparent purpose. Their true mission is actually pretty clever.

David Hasselhoff's legendary co-star K.I.T.T.

David Hasselhoff was the star of ‘Knight Rider,’ but his sentient sidekick (voiced by William Daniels) often stole the show.

Putting sugar in a gas tank is not a very mature thing to do. It's also not very harmful.

Can vengeance be yours for just a few dollars? Can some sugar in a gas tank really cause a car to stop working?

In these 20 American cities, drivers get into accidents more frequently than the rest of the country's population.

Here are clear directions for a clear windshield.

Foggy glass can make your drive dangerous—here’s how to get rid of it quickly (and how to avoid it in the first place).

Season 4 of Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ covers the temporary disappearance of Margaret Thatcher's son, Mark, during a car race. Here’s how it really went down.

FDR's Lincoln K Sunshine Special at the now-closed Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Michigan.

From FDR’s modest Lincoln to Obama’s massive Ground Force One, here’s how the president’s car has changed over the years.

Visitors who enter Medina, Ohio's Rainforest Car Wash in October leave with a clean vehicle—and plenty of nightmare fuel.

If you want the best deal possible on a new car, it pays to know when to shop.

Getting a good deal on a car can come down to something as simple as the day of the week you visit the dealership.

The majority of American teenagers once learned how to drive in driver's ed. Today, you won't find these staples of highway safety instruction in the classroom.

The HearHere app offers audio stories that relate to the things and places you see during a road trip.

HearHere is a new app backed by Kevin Costner that offers short audio stories of the places and landmarks you're curious about.

Buckling up was once a political statement.

“We are smart enough to buckle up without police, tickets, and Big Brother,” Jerry Williams said. But were they?

Tony Hisgett, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 2.0

The sloth named Lola la Trailera, or "Lola the Truck Driver," is unharmed after sneaking into a truck's engine bay and taking a 1-hour road trip in Costa Rica.

A scene from the Sunset Drive-In in Colchester, Vermont.

Nearly 90 years after the first drive-in movie theater opened, the al fresco cinema experience is officially in the midst of a comeback.

If you're planning a road trip, you might want to avoid states on this list of places with the worst drivers in the U.S.

These 2-ton concrete balls are for shoppers' safety, but they pose a risk of their own.

The giant red spheres, a.k.a. bollards, outside Target's stores do help reinforce the brand's red bullseye logo, but they’re mainly there to keep shoppers safe.

20 Facts About Route 66

The Clever Reason Some Cargo Trucks Have Quilt-Patterned Rear Doors

Why You Should Never Let Your Car Run While Pumping Gas

The Clever Reason Behind Those Black Lines on the Sides of School Buses

Can Bird Poop Damage Cars?

The Reason Cars Have Carpeted Floors

The World's 20 Worst Cities for Rush Hour Traffic

How Do Potholes Form?

The Reason Service Vehicles Like Ambulances and Fire Trucks Have Chains Hanging From the Bottom

David Hasselhoff Is Auctioning Off His Personal Knight Rider K.I.T.T. Car

Does Putting Sugar in a Car's Gas Tank Really Kill the Engine?

America’s Worst Drivers Live in These 20 Cities

How to Defog Your Windshield Quickly, According to a Former NASA Engineer

When Margaret Thatcher’s Son Went Missing in the Sahara Desert

The Evolution of the Presidential State Car

Nightmare Fuel: An Ohio Car Wash Transforms Into a Haunted Drive-Thru for Halloween

Here's the Very Best Time to Buy a New Car—and the Very Worst Time

5 Things You No Longer See in Driver's Ed

Taking a Road Trip? This App Will Tell You the History of the Places You're Passing

When a Radio Host Led an Uprising Against Massachusetts’s Seat Belt Law

A Two-Toed Sloth Accidentally Hitched a 40-Mile Ride in a Truck's Engine Bay

The 50 Best Drive-In Movie Theaters Across America

The Worst Drivers In America Live in These 15 States

The Reason Target Has Those Giant Red Concrete Spheres Outside